According to the documentation, the following rule should remove the symbolic
link if the target is not present, but it doesn't, it leaves the dead link. Is
there a fix/work-around?
links:
/usr/bin/brsh -> /bb/bin/brsh nofile=kill
Currently running version 2.1.21, and gone through link.c source code. On line
472, we have code:
if (!nofile)
{
if (stat(absto,&buf) == -1)
{
return(false); /* no error warning, since the higher level routine uses
this */
}
Given that nofile=kill will result in nofile being set to 0, this condition is
executed and since the symbolic link exists, it simply returns.
Later in the code on line 621, we have code
if (!nofile)
{
KillOldLink(from,ptr->defines); /* Check whether link points
somewhere */
return true;
}
Which would remove this symlink if the target is present, but it never gets
here.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks - Jim
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